Endemic and Nonnative

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Endemic adjective - Belonging to a particular place by birth or origin.

Usage example: the fish is not an endemic species of the lake, and it is rapidly devouring the native trout population

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Nonnative is an antonym for endemic.

Nonnative adjective - Being, relating to, or characteristic of a country other than one's own.

Usage example: nonnative customs that made the recent immigrants stand out in their new country

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Endemic is an antonym for nonnative.

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Nonnative and Endemic. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/endemic/nonnative

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